novellhall Chapter 315 An Earth-Shattering Battle! Xia Fa's Awakening!
Chapter 315 An Earth-Shattering Battle! Xia Fa's Awakening!
Chapter 315 An Earth-Shattering Battle! Xia Fa's Awakening!
"How many roads must a man walk before he can be called a man?"
A prologue: Nidhogg had never faced such a crisis in his life.
Even though He had ventured deep into the mysterious forbidden zones of the entire universe, encountered out-of-control and crazed unknown beings in the Protoss Realm, and completed many extraordinary missions at the behest of the leader of "Destiny Carnival," the Wise One, only this time, this time, when the Silver Cleanser riding a fully armored silver warhorse appeared, He truly felt what despair meant.
That was not just a crushing defeat in terms of status, but a completely different kind of life.
They were just a hair's breadth away from fully absorbing and containing the eternal chaos and becoming divine, possessing a spiritual intuition far surpassing anyone else present. Therefore, they were better able to perceive the difference between the Cleaners and other beings.
That was—a life form seemingly from ancient times, shrouded in mystery, seemingly hiding a forbidden secret that would drive any living being mad with fear.
But at this moment, besides the cleaners, what Nidhogg found even more incredible was something else.
"Four Overlord-level Secret Contracts? Xia Fa, you signed four Overlord-level Secret Contracts?"
When Nidhogg heard the Silver Cleanser make this judgment with his own ears, he even doubted whether he had misheard.
However, upon further reflection, all the unusual circumstances surrounding Xia Fa could be explained by the fact that he had signed four hegemonic-level secret contracts.
No wonder the soul of [Rhine Calamity] disregarded the rules and allowed Xiafa to advance all the way to become the champion.
To avoid any doubts, the soul of the [Rhine Calamity] even specially arranged a circular light shield that could block all perception on each treasure crafting platform. Even the handing over of the crafted treasures was done secretly inside the circular light shield.
All of this is probably because, in the eyes of the soul of [Rhine Calamity], a successor who can sign four overlord-level secret contracts is more in line with his expectations.
In fact, Nidhogg had already realized that Shafa didn't seem to know much about crafting magical artifacts. When he heard what the soul of the [Rhine Calamity] said, he thought Shafa was hiding his true abilities.
However, Nidhogg could accept that the Rhine Blade had been given to Shafa, as he was already considering how to make Shafa the son-in-law of the Star Dragon family.
On the other hand, it's no wonder that Xia Fa was able to take down a Bronze Cleaner on his own.
Having signed four overlord-level secret contracts without becoming a god—this kind of combat power is indeed beyond the capabilities of a suppressed Bronze Cleanser.
But four supreme-level secret contracts! Nidhogg still found it incredibly unbelievable.
Especially that one, the legendary "Miracle Fantasy".
Even the most powerful figure, the "Faulty Rules," has marveled at the importance of this top-tier secret contract, the "Miracle Fantasy"!
Xiafa's spiritual intuition immediately heard Nidhogg's repeated question, as if confirming something.
He never expected that the Silver Cleaner would be so terrifying. Just by glancing at the three pieces of the Bronze Cleaner's corpse that he had killed, he was able to determine from the battle traces that the Bronze Cleaner had signed four Overlord-level secret contracts!
Moreover, it even revealed which four images were in particular.
"Looks like we'll have to cover our tracks from now on—"
After thinking it over, Shafa answered Nidhogg's question with spiritual intuition.
"Yes, that's my biggest secret."
Of course, even so, compared to the burning sensation in his heart, the strange electric current in his spine, the ability to randomly freeload meals, his pet "Nature Bee" which seemed to be in its juvenile form, and the secrets of his own little world, the matter of signing four overlord-level secret contracts seemed to be nothing.
Nidhogg immediately exclaimed in his spiritual intuition: "Four cards—Lord, even the Lord of the [Error Rules] would be astonished if he knew. You might be the first Shafa in 30,000 years!"
Xia Fa was puzzled, because Nidhogg didn't seem to feel any pressure at all, and even had the mind to discuss this with him through spiritual intuition.
Clearly, everyone's lives were hanging by a thread, entirely in the hands of this Silver Cleaner.
He was preparing to steer the conversation back on track and, through spiritual intuition, discuss with Nidhogg whether there was any possibility of escaping, even if it was only a tiny one.
boom! ! !
Just then, not far from him, the head of the bald, burly man dressed as a bounty hunter, Jack Falk, suddenly exploded, splattering blood and bone fragments everywhere.
Xia Fa suddenly realized this and turned to look at the others.
Apart from him and Nidhogg, almost everyone present looked extremely pained. Norton and Airo covered their ears, lowered their heads, trembled all over, and their facial features were distorted.
Thor Loki knelt on the ground, clutching his head with such force that it seemed he wanted to crush it.
As for Amphion and the others, they were writhing on the ground in pain, not only completely losing their minds but also showing signs of losing control.
Only Rusconsin, this young overlord with only the rank of angel, actually punctured his own eardrums, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged on the ground, as if he had entered a meditative state.
Xia Fa suddenly realized what had happened.
Silver Cleaners—those are already Outer Gods. Moreover, given the unparalleled power of the Bronze Cleaners among the Outer Gods, the Silver Cleaners are probably among the strongest even among the Outer Gods.
Under normal circumstances, even Patriarch Osius and Pope Carrot could not withstand the corruption of reality brought about by a single finger of an Outer God, let alone the fact that everyone present heard the Silver Cleanser speak with their own ears.
Xia Fa was quite certain that, apart from himself and Nidhogg, the others probably couldn't even understand what the Silver Cleaners were saying. All they heard was a string of gibberish, containing terrifying real-world contamination and out-of-control effects.
That's why Jack Falk's head exploded—he couldn't withstand the impact.
Although in a sense, the secret of his signing four overlord-level secret contracts was thus preserved, only Nidhogg knew about it.
But what's the use of preserving them? The Silver Cleaner will kill everyone present immediately.
"No, I can't move at all, not even a finger, let alone conjure up a chair to sit down immediately—"
Xia Fa's heart sank to the bottom. His most secretive and strongest means of survival, "randomly freeloading meals," was completely useless in the face of an existence like the Silver Cleaner.
Originally, if the burning sensation in the heart meridian were fully activated, it would be possible to ignore the constraints imposed by the external divine status and forcibly imagine a chair to sit down and escape.
However, in the place where time stood still, the burning sensation in his heart meridian was temporarily exhausted in order to kill the bronze cleaner, and only a day has passed, and he is still recovering.
"What should I do?!"
Xia Fa's mind raced with various thoughts. No matter what, he didn't want to die at the hands of this Silver Cleaner.
But suddenly, Nidhogg's voice came through again in a spiritual and intuitive way.
"By the way, does your great-grandfather—that old man Sharatul—know about this?"
Xia Fa didn't understand why Nidhogg was still in the mood to ask this at this point, even though he himself was completely unable to move.
However, after thinking it over, Xia Fa still responded based on his spiritual intuition.
"I don't know. My great-grandfather only thought that I signed two overlord-level secret contracts."
The spiritual intuition Nidhogg conveyed suddenly carried an extremely joyful emotion: "Hahahaha, so it seems I'm the first one to know this secret?"
Xia Fa could only continue to reply with his spiritual intuition: "Aside from those great beings who are close to the level of gods, you are indeed the first."
Nidhogg was even more astonished, and with his spiritual intuition, he said, "You know great beings who are close to the level of true gods? Judging from your tone, there's more than one? You brat—"
Boom!Boom!Boom!
The heavy sound of hooves rang out, and there came the Silver Cleaner, who was leisurely riding his horse, carrying a silver halberd in his hand.
Its target is undoubtedly, and can only be, Xiafa.
In its eyes, everyone else was less than a tiny insect; it would probably only get rid of Xiafa after killing him.
The floor of the entire old blacksmith's shop trembled, and the aura of death descended, enveloping everyone.
However, the others present could no longer feel this fear; some were in great pain, while others had lost their minds and were rolling on the ground in agony.
Only Shafa and Nidhogg remained barely conscious.
Shaphat relied on the strange electric current at his spine, while Nidhogg relied on his impending divine status.
"As far as I know, it seems that before [Absolute Defense] became a subordinate god, it only signed four overlord-level secret contracts."
The Silver Cleaner spoke, its tone filled with smugness, which for some reason made it seem more like an emotional human being than a cold-hearted cleaner.
"That was close! We almost let the second [Absolute Defense] rise to power. Xia Fa, Xia Fa, killing you would have saved us a lot of trouble."
As it spoke, it rode its massive warhorse, its body as imposing as a mountain, and arrived several hundred meters in front of Xia Fa.
Although it acted as if it didn't care and had already restrained everyone present, it was still extremely cautious and stopped a few hundred meters away.
Immediately, the Silver Cleanser raised its halberd high.
boom-!
In that instant, white flames roared up from its silver halberd. Strangely, these silvery-white flames did not bring extreme heat, but instead produced a freezing sensation.
The supreme power that can freeze time, space, and even everything present.
"Imprisoning space, burning everything with black flames, decapitation that ignores distance—these are the methods of the Gold Cleaners. As for the Silver Cleaners, is this how it works?"
Looking at the halberd raised high, Xia Fa felt true despair for the first time in his life.
I can't move, I still can't move, not even a single eyelash.
The burning sensation in his heart meridian was completely unusable. No matter how hard he tried, he could only manage to activate a tiny bit. Even with the burning sensation in every cell of his body that he had worked hard to cultivate, it was still not enough.
As for the strange electric current, hundreds of them emerged, completely covering his cerebral cortex; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to hear what the Silver Cleaner was saying, and would probably have thought it was chanting a spell.
The silver halberd had already crashed down.
The moment it hit, the surrounding air froze; it wasn't just ordinary freezing, but more like the concept of "freezing."
The ice spread down through the air, covering everything, and was about to reach him.
A force as powerful as an avalanche followed, and Xia Fa, who was already completely unable to move, felt his thoughts frozen and sluggish.
This was undoubtedly a deadly move; it even slowed his thinking to an extreme degree, thus erasing his last shred of resistance and possibility of escape.
"Is that all?!"
"No, no, no, no."
"The cleaners, those damned cleaners—!"
In that instant, unexpectedly, the feeling of despair completely vanished, replaced by boundless anger.
Why? Why should these superhumans be eliminated by these inexplicably appearing Cleaners? How were they born, and what is their true purpose?
Just because he signed four hegemonic-level secret agreements, does that mean he should be the first target to be eliminated?
Xia Fa raised his eyes, his teeth almost shattering. At that moment, he inexplicably felt something move in his heart and spine.
He first felt this strange movement inside his body, and then he discovered that his eyeballs and teeth could actually move.
But all it has are eyeballs and teeth.
In the next instant, the halberd, wreathed in white flames, unleashed three sonic booms in succession, already closing in on his forehead.
The silver halberd, with its blade nearly a thousand meters long, smashed down so hard that it wouldn't even leave him a bloody pulp.
Xia Fa, however, remained completely immobile.
boom! ! ! ! ! !
A sudden earthquake shook the mountains, and clouds of dust billowed up, with rocks flying everywhere.
Xia Fa opened his eyes and was surprised to find that he hadn't been hit!
For some reason, the silver halberd crashed into the open ground not far from him!
boom-!
A violent shockwave erupted, sending Xia Fa flying backward. With a muffled thud, his body crashed into the wall of the old blacksmith's workshop.
Besides him, everyone else was thrown into the air, either crashing into the wall or landing on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, strange noises rang out from around Xia Fa and the others.
It was a wall or floor not far from them that suddenly cracked or broke, as if it had been hit by a tremendous force.
But none of them were hurt at all, not even a little bit.
It was as if—these walls and floors had taken the damage for them.
At this moment, everyone was still in a state of extreme pain or almost out of control, unable to even realize what was happening or perceive these strange scenes.
Only Xia Fa, after rolling to the ground, managed to get up and saw these extremely strange circumstances.
His eyes narrowed, and he immediately realized something.
At the same time, the Silver Cleanser also turned its warhorse around in surprise, facing Nidhogg's direction.
Of everyone present, only Nidhogg was not blown away by the shockwaves. When the shockwaves reached him, they caused chaos and lifted the bricks and stones on the floor around him, but they had no effect on him.
"[Eternal chaos]?"
The Silver Cleaner spoke, uttering these words with a mixture of surprise and delight.
"Hahaha, very good, very good! Today I not only encountered someone like [Absolute Defense] who could sign four overlord-level secret contracts even before becoming a god, but I also met the master of [Eternal Chaos]! Hahaha, very good!"
The Silver Cleanser laughed, his smugness growing even stronger: "One of the dozens of strongest [Proofs of Eternity] in the entire universe. Kill you, then seize the [Eternal Chaos]..."
"By returning to the origin of the universe, we've eliminated another major problem."
Hearing the Silver Cleaner's words, Xia Fa confirmed his guess.
Sure enough, it was Nidhogg who saved him just now, using [Eternal Chaos] to save him.
Nidhogg first used the "Chaos" authority of "Eternal Chaos" to "confuse" the direction of the Silver Cleanser's halberd strike, causing it to strike the floor not far in front of him instead of hitting him.
But that wasn't all. Nidhogg continued to "confound" the shockwave damage he and the others received, dispersing the damage onto the walls or floors around them.
Otherwise, the aftershock of the Silver Cleaner's halberd strike alone would have been enough to shatter everyone present!
"Is that so? I don't think you can kill me."
Just then, Nidhogg spoke.
On His resolute and majestic broad face, the corners of His mouth were slightly upturned. For some reason, even when facing the Silver Cleansers, this Emperor of Mysteries still carried a domineering air of looking down upon the world.
Nidhogg stepped forward, his right arm rapidly covered with metallic dragon scales. At the same time, mist billowed, a red moon appeared, and countless tiny figures of eerie and supernatural creatures leaped and darted within it.
Seeing this, the Silver Cleanser laughed instead of getting angry, and seemed quite pleasantly surprised: "You're almost a Star Dragon of the Core Gold Seed from God? And a Vast Moon Spirit? Plus [Eternal Chaos], not bad, not bad, you're even more worthy of being cleansed."
Surprisingly, it used the word "cleaning," which shows how much it values Nidhogg.
"The Vast Moon Spirit?"
Xia Fa was startled, finally understanding what those faintly visible red moons in the mist on Nidhogg's right arm were.
The Vast Moon Spirit is one of the strongest Celestial Spirits among those who roam the Celestial Spirit Realm.
It is said that the vast moon spirit is extremely difficult to subdue. Even a subordinate god who has signed a "Star Spirit Lord" contract may not be able to subdue the vast moon spirit with the status of a ruler.
Of course, this does not mean that the vast moon spirit is so powerful that it can resist the divine power of gods, but rather that its spirit and will will not easily yield.
Unexpectedly, the vast moon spirit, which even gods might not submit to, was actually subdued by Nidhogg!
"Although we Cleaners are absolutely hostile to you beings who have been tainted by supernatural powers, I still have to say, it's a pity."
The Silver Cleanser raised its silver halberd once more. This time, it used some unknown method, and countless ancient patterns lit up on the halberd. These were not secret inscriptions or magical circuits, but rather resembled magical runes on magicians' arrays.
"Nidhogg, with your potential, 30,000 years ago, becoming a powerful Outer God, if not a true god, would have been a certainty. Now, the only option is to eliminate you and Shafa together."
boom!!!
The silver halberd slammed down again. This time, space and time were frozen around Nidhogg first, and Shafa couldn't even feel the flow of the gray mist of time anymore.
This indicates that time is in a state of "absolute stillness" around Nidhogg.
With time completely frozen, Nidhogg was naturally unable to move.
"No way—"
Xia Fa's eyes narrowed, and he prepared to go up and help.
But once again, he found himself imprisoned, by the same force of confinement, the crushing power of the Outer God.
At this moment, a strong desire for power suddenly rose in Xia Fa's heart. This desire was even stronger than the desire for power he had felt when he escaped the pursuit of the Crimson Agent on Bluebeard's ship, a desire to take revenge on the Crimson Agent.
If I were a god, perhaps I wouldn't be completely unable to move when facing this Silver Cleanser, forced to watch helplessly as the silver halberd crashes down.
If he were an Outer God, Xia Fa would be absolutely confident that he could easily defeat this arrogant Silver Cleaner!
It keeps opening its mouth to clean and closing its mouth, as if we are just fish meat that it can slaughter at will.
At this moment, seeing the silver halberd about to fall, Nidhogg neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, he simply clenched his right arm in the air and summoned the black iron spear covered with various ukiyo-e paintings once again.
But then, something incredibly unbelievable happened.
Just as the silver halberd was about to strike Nidhogg, the halberd head suddenly seemed to vanish into thin air.
Immediately, the head of the silver halberd appeared from behind the silver cleaner's head and smashed straight towards its crown!
With a "whoosh," a large area behind its head froze, abruptly stopping the halberd head.
The head of the silver halberd also disappeared immediately, returning to the shaft.
"Even though we haven't fully absorbed and incorporated the [Proof of Eternity], it's already reached this point—"
The Silver Cleaner was genuinely surprised at this moment. Although its expression was hidden by its mask, it was clear from its tone of voice.
Xia Fa also realized that Nidhogg had confused the target of the Silver Halberd's attack, turning the target from himself into the Silver Cleanser.
At this moment, he finally understood why [Eternal Chaos] was one of the most powerful proofs of eternity in the entire universe.
It seems that in Nidhogg's hands, everything can be "chaotic," whether it's the attack direction, the attack target, the attack damage, the enemy's position, or even the Silver Cleanser's "freezing" power.
Without a doubt, Nidhogg's ability to move freely was due to disrupting that freezing power.
And this is still under the condition that Nidhogg has not fully absorbed and contained the "eternal chaos," and has not yet become a god.
If a true god were to use [Eternal Chaos] — it's simply unimaginable.
I said—
—
Nidhogg gripped his black iron spear tightly. Despite not even being a god, he had the audacity to face this Silver Cleanser, an Outer God, and his arrogant expression remained unchanged.
"You think you can kill me?!"
boom!
Nidhogg suddenly stomped a large hole in the ground, and his massive figure sprang up, rushing towards the mountain-sized Silver Cleanser!
Xia Fa watched as Nidhogg's right arm, covered in metallic dragon scales, bulged with muscles as if it were brimming with power, and suddenly thrust its spear at the Silver Cleaner!
He was actually going to use the body of the Mysterious Emperor to rebel against the Outer Gods!
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